NILESH HIRAMAN BHEGADE AND ANR vs STATE COOPERATIVE ELECTION AUTHORITY AND ORS Advocate - Dilip Bodake — WP/15336/2025

Case under Mah. Co-op. Soc. Act Section NA. Disposed: --Dismissed on 04th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: HCBM010575332025

Filing Number

WP/35759/2025

Filing Date

10-Nov-2025

Registration No

WP/15336/2025

Registration Date

12-Nov-2025

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari , Hon'ble Justice Kamal Khata

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari , Hon'ble Justice Kamal Khata

Bench Type

Division

Category

ORDINARY CIVIL ( 30 )

Sub-Category

Cooperative Socities ( 103 )

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

04-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

--Dismissed

Last updated 13-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Mah. Co-op. Soc. Act Section NA

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.NILESH HIRAMAN BHEGADE AND ANR

    Adv. ADKINE NIKHIL VIJAY

  2. 2.RANDHIR PANDURANG TAPKIR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE COOPERATIVE ELECTION AUTHORITY AND ORS Advocate - Dilip Bodake

  2. 2.DISTRICT CO-OPERTIVE ELECTION OFFICER CUM DISTRICT DY. REGISTRAR CO-OP SOCIETIES PUNE CITY

    Adv. Dilip Bodake

  3. 3.AUTHORIZED OFFICER COD WORKERS CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT SOCIETY LTD

  4. 4.COD WORKERS CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT SOCIETY LTD THROUGH AUTHRORIZED OFFICER

  5. 5.THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY OF CO-OPERATION MARKETING AND TEXTILES DEPARTMENT

  6. 6.GIRIDHARI SUDAM BURDE

  7. 7.ASHOK VASANT PARANDE

  8. 8.SANJAY SAKHARAM DABHADE

  9. 9.RAJESH J. JADHAV

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 04-May-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari,hon'ble Justice Kamal KhataView PDF

    The Bombay High Court dismissed the petitions filed by Nilesh Hiraman Bhegade and others challenging their exclusion from cooperative society elections. The court held that Section 27(10) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 bars defaulting loan members from voting, and the petitioners' status as defaulters on the cut-off date (1 January 2025) disqualified them despite clearing dues thereafter. The court emphasized that petitioners should have been vigilant in clearing dues before the cut-off date if they intended to exercise voting rights. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 20-Apr-2026

    -For Orders

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari , Hon'ble Justice Kamal Khata

  4. 06-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari,hon'ble Justice Kamal KhataView PDF

  5. 06-Jan-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. S. Karnik,hon'ble Shri Justice S. M. ModakView PDF

  6. 05-Jan-2026

    For Circulation

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Suman Shyam , Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye

  7. 17-Nov-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Suman Shyam,hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. SathayeView PDF

  8. 17-Nov-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  9. 10-Nov-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. WP/15336/2025

casestatus.in Summary

The Bombay High Court dismissed the petitions filed by Nilesh Hiraman Bhegade and others challenging their exclusion from cooperative society elections. The court held that Section 27(10) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 bars defaulting loan members from voting, and the petitioners' status as defaulters on the cut-off date (1 January 2025) disqualified them despite clearing dues thereafter. The court emphasized that petitioners should have been vigilant in clearing dues before the cut-off date if they intended to exercise voting rights. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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